EGYPT: Farouk the Foolish

At the start of World War II, fat, frisky
young King Farouk I of Egypt suffered from nightmares in which he was
chased by an angry lion. Haggard from loss of sleep, Farouk sought
counsel of crabbed, pro-Axis Sheik Mustafa El-Maraghi, rector of the
ancient Moslem University of El-Azhar. "You will not rest until you
have shot a lion," said El-Maraghi. Thereupon the king went to the zoo
and shot two lions in their cage. The nightmares continued. "Young
fool," said El-Maraghi, "I spoke in symbolsthe lion that has been
chasing you...